I'm aware that the problem has been discussed before. I'm posting because the prescribed fixes don't work.

Symptoms: When the Photo Gallery Screen Saver is selected, the screen goes black and in addition the computer doesn't return to normal upon key press/mouse movement. (I have to start task manager and kill the task).

Suggested solutions: 

1. Make sure Win 7 is in balanced power mode. I've verified my computer is

2. Make sure there are no bad shortcuts in the destination directories. I've connected another computer to the same source photo directory (it is a network drive) and it works fine, so it can't be that either.

I'd love to make this work as the thought of having screen savers not show certain tags and only high-star photos is very appealing but I'm at a loss for next steps now.

Thanks for your help!

Oliver